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William Alfred HODDY

William was born in 1859 in Brettenham and his baptism took place there on November 20th, 1859. William's father was Robert HODDY and his mother was Eliza RISBY. His paternal grandparents were John HODDY and Ann RANSON; his maternal grandparents were Turner RISBY and Elizabeth BIRD. He had two brothers and two sisters, named Argie, Robert, Julia and Julia. He was the oldest of the five children. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named William and Emilia. He died at the age of 83 in 1942 in Sudbury District.

General Notes
- He was a man of drunken and violent disposition. Once using a knife on his brother, John Edgar, during the course of a fight. A story is told by John Coll of how he was once taken around on the sails of a windmill during one drunken spree. He was known as 'Sodom' in the village.

Occupation Details
- From 1881 to 1901 William's occupation was Agricultural Labourer full time in agriculture in Hitcham.
  - Occupation Notes
    - The labouring work on the farm, as hay mowing, hedging, ditching, draining and the like, is performed by hired labourers upon day wages, or upon contracts by piecework. When hired for the whole year round, from half a guinea to 12 shillings a week. Upon the large farms there usually is one or two such labourers, having cottages, for which their wives have to shear. Such labourers may earn from £25 to £30 yearly, besides their harvest wages and food, and generally have extraordinary wages for mowing hay. The hours of labour during eight months are from six in the morning till six in the evening, with one hour for breakfast and one for dinner, at nine and one respectively. In the four winter months of November, December, January, and February, work continues during good light, when frost allows, and breakfast is taken before work begins.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John HODDY
  
  Robert HODDY
  - b.1822 in Brettenham
  
  Ann RANSON
  
  William Alfred HODDY
  - b.1859 in Brettenham d.1942 in Sudbury District
  
  Richard RISBY
  
  Turner RISBY
  - b.12 Nov 1804 in Brettenham d.1879 in Brettenham
  
  Elizabeth TURNER
  
  Eliza RISBY
  - b.1828 in Brettenham d.11 Feb 1901 in Hitcham
  
  Samuel BIRD ^*
  - b.1722 in Hitcham
  
  Edmund BIRD
  - b.1747 in Thorpe Morieux d.Jun 1822 in Thorpe Morieux
  
  Elizabeth BOORE ^*
  - b.1718 in Preston St Mary d.Sep 1757 in Thorpe Morieux
  
  James BIRD
  - b.1772 in Thorpe Morieux d.Mar 1818 in Thorpe Morieux
  
  George BRAGG
  - b.1721 d.1755
  
  Mary BRAGG
  - b.1747 in Brettenham d.1823 in Thorpe Morieux
  
  Mary BUCKNUM ^*
  - b.1722 in Rattlesden
  
  Elizabeth BIRD
  - b.1806 in Thorpe Morieux d.1882 in Hitcham
  
  Samuel GOULD
  - b.1750
  
  Alice GOULD
  - b.07 Feb 1776 in Glemsford d.1851 in Brettenham
  
  Alice ARMSTRONG
  - d.28 Feb 1796 in Thorpe Morieux
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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